Paramount Resources (POU) Competitors

Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) and Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OVV or POU?

83.2% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OVV or POU a better dividend stock?

Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Ovintiv pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Resources pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OVV or POU?

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Resources. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ovintiv	C$6.82B	1.45	C$1.39B	C$10.91	4.99
Paramount Resources	C$1.93B	1.59	C$366.00M	C$2.44	8.47

Do analysts recommend OVV or POU?

Paramount Resources has a consensus target price of C$24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.61%. Given Paramount Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Resources is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Paramount Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media refer more to OVV or POU?

In the previous week, Ovintiv and Ovintiv both had 2 articles in the media. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.49 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ovintiv	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Paramount Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OVV or POU more profitable?

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Paramount Resources' net margin of 18.92%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ovintiv	20.34%	19.62%	8.59%
Paramount Resources	18.92%	10.06%	5.97%

Which has more risk & volatility, OVV or POU?

Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, indicating that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.04, indicating that its stock price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ovintiv beats Paramount Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.